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I'm watching them and dying. There's one who even dressed in a cow suit as ZLH 🤣😂

Yeah don't worry. The events in episode 22 parallel the same events/timeline as in the novel so after that she and XW are back in the same atmosphere and what follows is a lead up to her and ZZ realizing why they can't work. I'm guessing that'll be another 1-2 episodes.

Eyy teacher Xie will be depressed if he sees you wishing for more XN-ZZ skinship 😁
They only shared a hug during a sad moment of deciding they couldn't be together. After watching the "Like a Dream" MV, I just realized the drama took ZZ's line that he says to XN and gave it to XW. Interesting choice, but it works in XW's favor so I don't mind. The drama is doing their best to not let people fall too hard for ZZ lol.

The drama didn't say she was 18 back then did they? I don't remember that it did, unless I missed it. If it did, then it would make her statement post "rebirth" an inconsistency. She's only physically 18(although looks can't be helped because BL is almost 30 irl), but since she's retained her memories and life experiences of her past life, she's not mentally 18. So it makes sense for her to seem more mature.

In episode one, when she woke up, she said that she's returned to when she was 18.

He was around 7. The novel states that he's 27 at present. JXN started as 18 and turns 19 at one point in the novel.

Based on all the trailers and spoiler clips I've seen, the next 2 episodes are probably going to be the most romance you'll get out of that love line until it moves back to XW, so I'm not worried.

Just remind yourself that this is a reverse harem genre to get you by. They have to dedicate time to each of the love line. Her line with YL is done. Now, XN needs to progress in her line with ZZ for it to come to an end so XW can step onto the stage. Before then, it'll just be abrupt and OOC as she's been claiming to love him since this show started and they've only just started having more intimate scenes together. If anything, the drama has actually already carved out quite a bit of extra development for her and XW during this first half of the drama than the novel did. Their relationship is like a boiling kettle that slowly builds up steam until the whistle blows at its boiling point. You can watch the 3 MVs with spoiler scenes that might help. There's A LOT of good stuff on the way.

As You Wish: Story of Kunning Palace link on iqiyi international site.
https://www.iq.com/album/as-you-wish-story-of-kunning-palace-2023-1689d4pr0el?lang=en_us
Release date: 2023-11-15 06:00:00

As You Wish: Story of Kunning Palace variety show link on iqiyi international site. You can make a reservation.
https://www.iq.com/album/as-you-wish-story-of-kunning-palace-2023-1689d4pr0el?lang=en_us
Release date: 2023-11-15 06:00:00

You’re welcome. His original line was “now, can you try to love me?” and I see a lot of cnets asking them to not change it. What do you think sounds better?

After today we can start making a tally list of how many times XW gets sliced, stabbed, whipped, self mutilation, etc… 😂

His poor hand. He hurt it so many times. He sliced it again when it was bandaged. I hope it won’t be so damaged that he wouldn’t be able to play qin anymore 😭

I feel and see the same as you on their development, so I’m happy with the way it’s being paced so far.

Here you go https://youtu.be/wK7W77clQO8?si=WhOhowTWVu4av4fx

Someone photoshopped the brand’s bread into the photo where he’s sitting in jail and it ended up looking just like an advertisement😂. Someone else also said that Ning’er shouldn’t pick ZZ because all he’ll feed her is bread 🤣

Oh my goodies spoilers lol. I’m starting from when XN speaks.
XN: Some things just happen. Even if it’s forcibly bridged, there will still be cracks left.
XW: Now that you’ve chosen, just look ahead.
XN: In this world, there won’t be anyone better than him.
XW: Then… find a more suitable one. There will definitely be one.
XW: Tell me, why are you afraid? Why are you actually afraid of me?
XN: What if you had killed me?!
XN: Don’t!
XW: Now, can you not be afraid of me?
XW: The world, hatred and desire for revenge, and everything in this world… is inferior to her!
XN: Xie Juan, I won’t leave. Wherever you are, I will always be with you.

Ehh I want him to get the girl AND have his revenge. I hope they don’t make him like give it up for love or something like that. Then people will start labeling him as love-brain.

I read a couple of different reasons and I'm not exactly sure which is fact because I wasn't following it at the time, but it's all politically related. One was that he and his friends filmed some kind of skit where an anti cut and edited to make it sound like he was being politically offensive. Another was that he supported the zero-covid protest in China. He ended up getting banned from activities and social media for 6 months. He's back to being active now, but I guess the producers decided it was safer to just exclude him in promotions.